I am in one of the most impressive structures in my travel to Poznan: St. Peter's and St. Paul's Cathedral and Basilica ...
This building is the oldest cathedral in Poland. Located in the Ostrow Tumski district, the cathedral is a 10-minute drive from the city center.
The construction date of the Cathedral dates back to the 10th century. The cathedral area was Ostrow Tumski, which was chosen by the state level as the administrative center at that time. This area was actually an islet and the Duke Palace was located around it.
The cathedral was built on behalf of his wife Dobrawa by order of the era King Mieszko I. The king was not a Christian at that time. He built this cathedral under the influence of his wife being a Christian and accepted Christianity in 966.
The fact that Christianity had a say in state administration started in this period. Many aristocrats and peoples, who saw the king changing religion, began to become Christians in communities.
The name of the church comes from Saint Peter, who was the patron of the St. Peter's Basilica at the time.
The Poles had a pagan belief before becoming Christian. The first traces in the architecture of the cathedral bear the traces of that period. After years of destructions in the building, the cathedral was rebuilt and shaped in accordance with the usual Romanesque style.
The church, which turned into gothic architecture under the influence of the gothic movement in the 14th and 15th centuries, was destroyed in 1622 with a great fire. The building, which was rebuilt with Baroque architecture, was exposed to a great fire again in 1772.
The building, which was later constructed in Neo-classical style, survived until the German invasion in 1945 and was destroyed by heavy bombardments. The building, which was completed in 1956 in its final form, stands today as Poznan's most beautiful and Poland's oldest dated cathedral.
Unfortunately, this cathedral, which has been subjected to many burning and destruction in its history, has undertaken an important task for the spread of the Christian faith in Poland. You can visit the building for free and take photos...
(Various sources are quoted. Photographs are by Volkan Coskun.)
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